It’s odd when excitement over some time away camping conflicts with the panic attacks I tend to get when I travel – my mind and body don’t seem to know how to react today. But when I start to freak out I go and peer through my tackle box and my new tent and get worked up in a positive way again.
Mark felt it was too small but I went ahead and snagged the Eureka Solitaire, a tent so small it’s almost a bivy sack. At under three pounds it’ll be easy to cart around, and reviews are positive. The tackle box carries a selection of known success stories:
Mepps Aglia Long #3 and #4
Mepps Aglia #4
Mepps Syclops #2
Mepps Comet #5
Blue Fox Classic Vibrax #3
Blue Fox Strobe Spoon FD
Hula Popper G770
Hula Popper G760
Rapala Dives-To CW
Williams Wabler W50 EB
Williams Wabler W70 G
Lucky Strike Red Flash Wiggler
Add a little Spiderwire 12-lb test monofilament line and hopefully the boat will be full of pike, trout, bass, pickerel, and whitefish. Luckily I like whitefish best so if I catch the more desirable trout, bass, and pickerel I’m able to do some trading. Of course, my favourite fish to catch is pike because of the fight, but they suck to eat.
Today’s Random Links
Remember those GI Joe spoofs? Someone’s taking on He-Man now…
Naked sherpas? What’s this world coming to…
Bonds’ ball caught by man waiting for a beer
Katharine McPhee, 21, dating a 41-year-old